Stories
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When wounds replace words
For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.
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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury
Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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An impartial history of the late disturbances in Bristol: interspersed with Occasional Remarks. To which are added a list of the killed, with The verdicts returned by the Coroners' Inquests: and A List of the Wounded; Their Ages, Descriptions of their Wounds, &c. By John Rose.
Rose, John, 1757-1841.Date: 1793- Books
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The New Zealand War of 1863-64-65 : special report on wounds and injuries received in battle / by Inspector-General Mouat.
Mouat, James, 1815-1899.Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]- Books
The after treatment of wounds and injuries / by R.C. Elmslie.
Elmslie, R. C. (Reginald Cheyne), 1878-Date: 1919- Books
The practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, women and children and most approved methods of treatment, with plain instructions for the care of the sick full and accurate directions for treating wounds, injuries, poisons, &c. free from technical terms and phrases, and writtenin plain English, by men who have had great experience, and are acknowledged authorities in their various departments also a concise account of the structure and functions of the human body, hygiene and rules of health / written by Henry M. Lyman [and others].
Date: [1884?]- Books
Medical and surgical history of the British Army which served in Turkey and the Crimea during the war against Russia in the years 1854-55-56.
Date: 1858